Door.



G. SAJTOS.

DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.28. 1916.

1,221,? Patented Apr. 3,1917.

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G. SAJTOS.

DOOR.

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GEORGE SAJ'IOS, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES BUDY, OF

' CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DOOR.

Application filed September 28, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonen SAJTOS, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-I'Iungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The general object of this invention is to provide a door adapted to be used in the summer season as a screen door and be readily convertible into a closed panel door for the winter season. More specific objects are to provide screen panels and closed panels, either of which may be readily substituted for the other in one portion of the door frame, while the remaining panels may be carried in a receptacle in another portion of the door frame.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to provide two or-more panels having wire flyscreen and adapted to fit into receiving guides (formed by panel strips) in the upper portion of the door frame, and also two or more closed panels, one or both of which may carry a suitable window glass, if desired, and adapted to fit the same guideways of the door frame and completely close the same. Another object of the invention is to so arrange the panels and the receptacle for those not in use, that the door may be constructed without materially increasing the weight of the door or its thickness, or the expense of manufacture.

The manner of accomplishing the above and other objects will become apparent in the following description which refers to the drawings, and the essential characteristics are summarized in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my door showing the use of the screens; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the lower portion of the door showing the manner of storing the panels not in use; Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations of the screen panels removed; Figs. 6 and 7 are transverse sections through the screens in Figs. 4t and 5 respectively; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified form of my door; Fig. 9 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 10 is a section similar to the section of Fig. 3 of the modified form, showing the storing of the screens when the solid panels are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 191 ".7.

Serial No. 122,614.

I in Fig. 11; Fig. 16 is, a horizontal section through the first form of door taken substantially on the line 1616 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the door shown comprises a built-up frame comprising the usual stiles 1 and 2 connected at their upper and lower ends by cross members 3 and The upper portion of the stiles and the top cross member 3 are provided with inwardly extending separated parallel guides 5, 6 and 7 respectively, and these guides embrace the edges of the panels and form the usual panel strips.-

Referring first to the screen panels,they are shown as comprising threesided rectangular frames 8 and 9 of wood embracing the sides of rectangular screens 10 and 11 re spectively. At the fourth side of each panel the screen is finished by strips of metal each embracing the edge of the screen as indicated at 12 and 13 respectively. When the screens are in position these strips overlap and the frame members are provided with overlapping rabbets lt and 15 to permit the overlapping of the screens and members 12 and 13 when in position in the door.

The lower portion of the door between the lower panel in use and the cross member 4 may be closed by a fixed plate 18 extending across from one side member to the other and upwardly from the cross member 4, a distance slightly greater than the vertical height of one of the panels. At the upper edge of the plate 18 is a cross member forming a guide rail 17 adapted to engage the lower edge of the lower panel after the manner of the guide rails, 5 and 6. Opposite the plate 18 is a plate 20 shown as hinged at 22 to the lower cross member and carrying a transverse support 2 1 for both of the panels while a panel strip 25 also carried by this plate engages the lower edge of the lower panel.

It will be seen that between the two plates 18 and 20 is provided .a space extending transversely of the door, a distance equal to placed side by side as shown in Fig. 3. The hinged plate may be secured in its closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by any suitable means. For example 1 have shown hinged pivoted hasps 27 secured to the side members 1 and 2 and extending over the edges of the plate and having their free ends adapted to engage beneath screws indicated at 28. Thus to open the receptacle it is only necessary to swing the members 27 upwardly and outwardlyfree from the plate 20 and draw the same outwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 3 in broken lines. A suitable knob 29 is provided on this plate for convenience in opening the same.

The solid panels (shown as removed, Figs.

'11 to 14) may comprise two glass windows or two entirely solid panels,'but it is most frequently desirable to provide one glass panel and one wood panel. The wood panel shown at 30 in Figs. 11 and 13 is provided with a rabbet indicated at 32, which may 00- act with a corresponding rabbet 34 on the glass panel. The glass panel is shown as comprising a frame 35 and a pane of glass 36. This rabbet provides a close fitting and overlapping of the two panels, making the door more air-tight. In making the wood panel it is desirable to avoid warping by building thesame up of three thin pieces of wood with the grain running indifierent directions. These pieces are indicated in Fig. 15 at 30*, 30 and 30 The door in Fig. 8 is shown with the closed panels in position, the glass panel being arranged .above the wood panel 30.

In the modified form of door (Figs. 8, 9 and. 10) a method of constructing the door to bring the panels or plates opposite the storage receptacle flush with the remaining part of the door is illustrated. Here the frame members 1, 2, 8 and 4 are built thicker than in the construction first described and the plates 48 and 50 (corresponding to 18 and 20) are set into these frame members leaving only sufficient space between them to admit the removable panels side by side, as shown in Fig. 10. Here is shown the storing of the screen panels in the receptacle while the closed panels are above the same.

Changing from one set of panels to the other is very convenient. For example, to remove the screen panels and substitute the solid panels, it is only necessary to open the hinged plate, remove the solid panels from the receptacle, thus permitting the screen panels to be slid downwardly between their panel strips or guides 5 and 6, and be removed one at a time from the storage space. The solid panels are then placed in position by sliding them upwardly between these guides, the screen panels placed in the receptacle and the hinged plate closed, bringing the support 24 below the lower closed panel and thus forming a closed door.

As the screen panels are all comparatively light weight, the normal weight of the door when carrying both sets of panels is but slightly more than that of an ordinary solid door, and, as the plates or panels 18 and 20 or 48 and 50 may be comparatively thin, the thickness of the door is but slightly increased, while the expense of manufacture is very little more than the cost of providing a screen door and a solid door, as is the usual custom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a door, the combination of a frame having stiles, guideways on the inner sides of said stiles interrupted in the lower portion of the door, a plurality of panels adapted to be substituted for one anot her and it in position in the door in said guideways and adapted to be removed by sliding them longitudinally thereof into said lower portion of the door, and a readily removable support adapted to engage the lower side of the panel in position.

2. In a door, the combination with stile members and cross members between said stiles leaving an open space between said members, of panel strips forming guideways on the inner sides of said members, a plurality of panels adapted to be substituted for one another and adapted to slidably fit in said guideways, a movable cross member extending between the side frame members, to support the panel'in position, a space below said support into which the panel may be moved from the guideways when the support is withdrawn, and a movable front for said space adapted to allow the lateral withdrawal of a panel in said space.

3. The combination in a door of a substantially rectangular frame, laterally separated panels closing the lower portion of the frame and forming a receptacle, one of said panels being hinged to the frame to enable access to said receptacle, parallel guideways on the inner sides of the frame members above said receptacle, and a plurality of panels of different natures adapted to engage said guideways and close the frame portion above the receptacle, each of said panels being adapted to be substituted for one another.

4. The combination in a door of a substantially rectangular frame, separated panels closing the lower portion of the frame and leaving a receptacle space between them, means movably carrying one of these panels to open the receptacle, parallel panel strips forming guideways on the inner sides of the frame member above the receptacle, a plu rality of panels adapted to have their edges slidably engaged by the strips and close the frame above the receptacle, there bein a plurality of sets of said panels each set being adapted to be substituted for the other, the

panels of each set being adapted to stand one above the other in said guideways or stand side by side in said receptacle.

5. The combination in a door of a sub stantially rectangular frame, separated panels closing the lower portion of the frame and leaving a receptacle between them, panel strips forming guideways in the frame above the receptacle, a plurality of panels each adapted to have their edges closely engaged by the guideways and to be substituted one for the other, and each being adapted to stand in said receptacle, means for hinging one of said first mentioned panels so that it may be opened to remove the panel within the receptacle, a support carried by the hinged-panel, and latching means for holding the hinged panel closed.

6. The combination in a door of a substantially rectangular frame, parallel positioning panel strips extending inwardly from the frame members at theupper portion of the door, separated plates extending across the frame at the lower portion of the door forming a receptacle, a pair of screen panels adapted to stand one above the other engaged by said strips above the receptacle, said panels having overlapping edges, a pair of closed panels also adapted to occupy the same positions as the screens, both of said pairs being adapted to stand side by side within the receptacle at the lower portion of the door, and a removable support for the panels in the upper portion of the door.

7. In a door, the combination with a frame formed with a vertical pocket in the lower portion of the door and with guides above the pocket communicating therewith, the vertical depth of the guideways being greater than that of the pocket, the horizontal dimension of the pocket (at right angles to the plane of the door) being greater than the guideways, and a plurality of panels adapted to stand in edge alinement within the guideways and adapted to stand side-by side within the pocket, there being access to the front of the pocket.

8. In a door, the combination with a frame formed with a vertical-pocket in the lower portion of the door and with guides above the pocket, the vertical dimension of the guideways being substantially twice that of the pocket, the horizontal dimension of the pocket (at right angles to the plane of the door) being substantially twice that of the guideways, and two panels adapted to stand in edge alinement within the guideways and adapted to stand side by side within the pocket.

9. In a door, the combination of a receptacle formed in the lower portion of a door, a movable front for said receptacle, a pair of guideways carried by the door above the receptacle and adapted to communicate with the receptacle, and a plurality of panels adapted to stand in edge alinement in the guideways or side by side in the receptacles.

10. In a door, the combination with a frame, of a receptacle formed in the lower portion of the door, a movable front for said receptacle, a movable supporting device adapted to overhang the'top of the receptacle, and a plurality of panels adapted to stand side by side in the receptacle or on edge above the receptacle, and in the latter case being supported by said supporting device. 11. In a door, the combination with a frame, of a receptacle formed in the lower portion of the door, a hinged front for said receptacle, a ledge carried by said front and adapted to extend across the top of the receptacle, and a plurality of panels adapted to stand below the ledge side by side in the receptacle or on edge above the receptacle, and in the latter case being supported by said ledge.

12. In a door, the combination with con tinuous stiles and an upper cross member, of a base member, a receptacle between the lower portion of the stiles and above the base member, means providing access into the receptacle at its front and at its top, a plurality of panels, and means for holding them in edge'alinement in the space between the stiles and beneath the upper cross member and above the receptacle, said receptacle having width sufficient to hold said panels side by side, whereby they may be stored in the receptacle. I

In testimonywhereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

GEORGE SAJTOS.

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